[IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

["Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite 
awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 
234, 279). (180 goes off at 1400 utc.) 164 Mongolia with very poor audio for 
a short while at 1352 utc. But cycling through checking hets in CW mode, 
both 162 and 198 had weak hets. Rechecking later, 162 was up to a good level 
het, and switching to SSB, produced some audio that eventually became poor 
level, "7" in the old John Bryant rating with FF talk and music from France 
Inter. This is the first time I've ever had TA audio in the morning, and an 
historic event for me! If I get any LWBC TA audio it's in the evening, and 
last evening was quite good, as I reported earlier, due to the low A&K 
indices. Normally the 1600' E/W wire gives best, usually only, LWBC TA audio 
in the evening. This morning the 400' N/S wire gave best audio on 162, so 
the polar path was definitely there. I first had 162 audio at 1426 utc. Nice 
5 pips and a longer tone at 1500. My sunrise according to GeoClock is 1515. 
Audio continued, finally fading away at 1524 utc. My self-modified sync 
detector on the R75 had the best audio, holding lock the whole while, even a 
little past 1524 after all audio has faded.
Radio Rossii continued good, with 153 the last to be heard, with pips just 
before 1600 then sign off and the TX left the air about 10 seconds later.
I wonder how often the Albertan guys (or anybody else, for that matter) 
notice TA reception in the morning?
73,
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires 

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